Mrs. Howard
October 31, 1902
Arizona Republican Newspaper

A frame house of two rooms was consumed by fire and a woman 
named Howard was burned to death Sunday night at Douglas, 
says the Prospector.

The fire started from the explosion of a gasoline stove 
that Mrs. Howard had just lighted, prior to cooking her 
evening meal for herself and husband.  The burning fluid 
was thrown all over the unfortunate woman and soon her 
clothes were a mass of flames.  Her husband grabbed some 
blankets and rushed to her aid and subdued the flames, 
badly burning himself, he then went to the front door 
and tried to get out, but the night catch refused to 
word and he could not get out, and telling his wife to 
wait until he could go out and break the door in from 
the outside, he made a rush through the flames into 
the kitchen and going around broke in the door, but 
found that his wife had tried to follow him out 
through the kitchen and fallen into the flames.  
By this time the house was completely in flames 
and nothing could be done to rescue the woman.  
When the fire had burned out, her body was found 
burned to a crisp.  Her husband was badly burned 
about the face and hands.  The house in which the 
fire occurred was on Eleventh Street and near the 
outskirts of town and could not be reached by the 
water from the fire hose.  Howard was  a painter 
in the employ of the Copper Queen Company and had 
been a resident of Douglas for a number of months.